Craftsman Capital Partners

About The Fund

Craftsman Capital Partners is a Dallas-based private equity firm founded in 2014, focusing on investing in lower-middle market companies across various sectors with an operational approach aimed at growth. They cater to energy services, manufacturing, consumer products, service-oriented businesses, healthcare, education services, and information technology sectors. With a portfolio consisting of numerous platform acquisitions and multiple exits, their investment strategy centers around long-term value creation, providing equity capital to privately-held businesses for buyouts, recapitalizations, and growth investments. Craftsman Capital Partners stands out by actively leading operational improvements through established processes, procedures, and controls to enhance company performance distinctively amongst peers. They offer dedicated, long-term capital backed by institutional, family office, and high net worth investors, freeing management to focus on stakeholder value without the concern of end-of-fund life. Their process involves planning, preparing, executing, and assessing while not micromanaging but playing a strategic team role. They enforce best practices and contribute where value can be added. The firm aligns with transaction structures that allow for additional participation in positive outcomes, ensuring alignment of incentives for long-term success. Principals of the firm invest substantial capital in every deal, sharing risks and encouraging personal motivation to create lasting value. They also bring to the table strategic relationships built by principals, intending to boost growth and overcome hurdles. They have a patient investment approach, exiting transactions at opportune moments without a fixed investment time limit. Craftsman Capital typically makes control equity investments where they see a strong potential for growth, eyeing opportunities including businesses with diverse customer bases, definable growth, or operational value-creation opportunities. The firm is interested in company sizes with $1M-$10M+ EBITDA, transaction sizes of $5M-$75M, and investment sizes of $5M to $25M+, targeting revenues less than $100M. They focus on management buyouts, control recapitalizations, corporate divestitures, and complex and special situations situated within a reasonable flight distance from Dallas, TX.